strangely. "You can be happy to have such a mother who is always there for you and will always stand by you, no matter what you do.My parents are always out and about and when they are together they just argue! "Then he pointed to the documents." But that doesn't convince me! "
The person opposite looked at him big. "What? Why not?" he wanted to know.
"Something's wrong. It's too illogical!" he explained. "It would contradict everything I know about such criminal organizations if it were true!"
Kaito was amazed. "How do you mean?"
Shinishi smiled strangely. "I'm sure your father really had problems with this organization, but they certainly didn't kill him. That would only be logical if he had found the gem they were looking for. But if it were, they would have it now, but obviously that's not the case. They wanted to use the Kaito Kid. So they would have killed everyone else, but definitely not himself. If you allow me to make this comparison, would you slaughter the cow you want to milk? "
"But what if you didn't know who he was?What if he found out something about the organization? ”Interjected Kaito.
The detective laughed strangely. "If they didn't know who he was, why did he die on a magic show? But if they did, they kidnapped your mother or you to blackmail him. You see, it doesn't really fit together. But of course we will We'll leave that to Inspector Megure for now. In the records we found when the criminal ring that was responsible for my downsizing, there was also a lot of material about other criminals and their organizations. Definitely also something about this snake! "
Kaito wanted to throw something in, but Shinishi waved it off. "Don't worry! I won't tell Megure how I got this knowledge!"
"Yes, okay!" he nodded. "But in which direction do you want to research then?"
"As always!" answered Shinishi. "The private environment, colleagues and the like!I should know who your father was dealing with back then. Professionally and privately! "
The master thief became thoughtful. "Hm! I can't say much about that. When I was eight years old, I didn't really have that perspective. Besides, I never thought in that direction. It didn't seem important to me!"
The detective smiled. "You were all blinded by the fact that it must have been an enemy Kaito Kids and you have completely forgotten that the magician Toichi Kuroba could also have had enemies." He looked questioningly at his counterpart. "So who could tell me something about that?"
"My mother and Jii of course! They shared my father's normal life too!"
Shinishi got up and headed for the door. "Then let's go ask her!"
Kaito followed, shaking his head. Was he really that blind? Why hadn't he decided to research in a different direction from time to time?
The detective guessed what he was thinking. "You often see things more clearly when you come from outside!" he explained."Sentimentalism often prevents a clear view of the truth!" he repeated the words he had once said to the Kaito Kid as Conan Edogawa. "Also..."
"Yes, yes! I already know!" he groaned funny. "I'm not a detective, I'm a thief!"
Shinishi smiled at him. He couldn't stop it. The other became more and more sympathetic to him. Should he really put him in jail? Doubt began to grow in him.
They went down the stairs like friends. Kaito led Shinishi into the living room, where Ms. Kuroba and Jii had also met. The young thief introduced them to each other.
"So you were Toichi Kuroba's assistant?" Shinishi asked again.
"Yes!" he nodded. He sat like on glowing coals. You could tell that he did not agree with Kaito's decision to surrender himself to the detective. After all, he felt responsible for his dead employer's son, and Toichi Kuroba was definitely not going to like it if the boy went to jail."What can you tell me about the victim's colleagues and friends?" to his great astonishment he heard a question that he was in no way expected to ask.
"I beg your pardon?" he stammered. "That's completely uninteresting. What's that supposed to mean?"
Hibarue Kuroba's eyes also opened in confusion.
Kaito smiled strangely. "Obviously we were on the wrong boat!" he explained. "Our master detective here actually rules out that Snake was the murderer. He suspects the perpetrator to be in the immediate vicinity of my father and after I've listened to his explanations, I think so too. The criminal organization would have cut its own flesh with his death so did it have any other advantages? "
Hirbarue and Jii stared at each other for a moment. Then they began to mention several names that Shinishi, of course, could not easily remember.
"Slowly slowly!" he repulsed with a smile. "I would suggest that you list me.Ideally with all the information you can give me about each person. The only stupid thing is that it was so long ago. It will take a lot of driving back and forth to interrogate them all! "He sighed.
But then Jii waved it off. "No! That is not necessary. Next weekend is the annual meeting of the magicians of Japan and their relatives. There will also be those who worked with Toichi Kuroba back then. The problem will be more likely to smuggle you in undetected than a master detective who could uncover the guild's magic tricks will not be accepted there. And you have been very well known since the newspapers were full of your deeds! "
Shinishi waved it off. "Leave that to me. You won't recognize me!"
After knowing the exact address and time of this event, he contacted Kaito again. “I'll be back on Saturday afternoon!” He smiled strangely as he walked towards the door."Stay clean!" he whispered to the thief.
"I will bathe every day!" laughed the. Of course he knew full well that the detective was thinking more about possible break-ins than about his cleanliness.
"Rascal!" Shinishi replied with a laugh as well and closed the front door behind him. He still had a lot to do. His first route would lead him to Inspector Megure to crank up the review of the files for a certain Snake. No! Even if he suspected the killer somewhere else, he wouldn't let the criminal organization get away with it. They were long due. But there was something else that was beginning to take shape in his mind. Satisfied, he nodded to himself as he strode forward quickly.